[ecrea] Pre-and Post-Doctoral Research Appointments in Budapest for Spring/Summer 2014 - Center for Media and Communications Studies (SPP/CEU)

Pre-and Post-Doctoral Research Appointments in Budapest for Spring / 
Summer 2014

The Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) in the School of 
Public Policy at Central European University (CEU) is pleased to 
announce the availability of research appointments for the spring or 
summer 2014.

CMCS is one of Europe’s leading centers of communication research, with 
a mission to advance public understanding about the impact of media and 
information policy on public life. The CMCS produces scholarly and 
practice-oriented research addressing the needs of policy makers, civic 
leaders, and citizens. CMCS research promotes pluralism, participation 
and the democratic potential of the media, and investigates the 
complexities of media and communication in transition.

These are pre- and post-doctoral appointments with the expectation of 
residence in Budapest for 1-3 months, depending on the nature of the 
project. Ideal applications are working on doctoral projects, or have 
recently defended their doctoral work, and the stipend will be 
commensurate with experience. Researchers will conduct basic research on 
media, technology and political change. Depending on the duration of the 
stay, it is hoped that researchers will have the time to advance their 
own research agenda and provide some research assistance to the faculty 
working at CMCS. We welcome applications from a variety of disciplines, 
including the social, information and computer sciences, and media, law, 
or science and technology studies.

In particular, we welcome applications related to three domains of inquiry:

    * Crowdsourcing and Crowdseeding for Public Policy. How can large 
amounts of data, gathered respectfully from large numbers of people over 
many devices, be used to improve public policy?  Significant 
collaborations across the social and computer sciences have helpfully 
mapped social relationships or identified social problems. But when can 
sourcing or seeding the crowd for relevant information actually yield 
better policy alternatives?
    * Cyber-Attacks on Civil Society. Increasingly, regimes of many 
kinds are using information technologies not just to monitor civil 
society, but to attack civil society actors. When do civic conversations 
over social media get choked off by bots?  What are the known incidents 
of government interference with the information infrastructure of civil 
society actors, and what can be done about it?
    * State Interference with Digital Networks. When do governments 
decide to interfere with the Internet, and why? While many observers 
celebrate the creative use of digital media by activists and civil 
society leaders, there are a significant number of incidents involving 
government-led Internet shutdowns.

There are no teaching obligations with this appointment, though 
successful applicants may enjoy participating in the CMCS summer school.

Interested candidates should apply via email to (cmcs /at/ ceu.hu). Please 
include an academic resume, a writing sample or representative 
publication, and the contact information for three referees. In your 
cover letter, please describe your research project goals, and the ideal 
time frame and earliest start date.

Review of applications will begin March 15, 2014.

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